Improved btjtter-t



GEORGE- s. BATCHELLER, or sARAToGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent-No. 87,823, tlc-ted Man-ch 2, 1869.

IMPROVED BUTTER-TUB.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and of the same- To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE S. BATCHELLER, of Saratoga Springs, inthe county of Saratoga, and State of New York, have inventedanew and improved Butter-Package, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of 'mysaid improvement, by which my invention 'may 13e-distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim,and desire to have secured to me by Letters Batent.

This invention relates to anew and useful impr/ovement in tubs or pails for' the con\;eyance of butter to market, which invention I term ,an express butterpackage.77 l

The invention consists in an improved manuel' of fitting the head in or to the, pail or package, and securing the head in position in a closed state, whereby the'pailsor packages maybe compactly stowed away,

to facilitate and economize in the transportation of the same, and also be strong and durable.

Butter-packages or pails are generally kept by theA consumer until their contents are gone, when they4 are returned, through the ,.melchallt, to the farmer, to be relled for a succeeding shipment to market.

It isessential, therefore, that the packages be strongly mad, the lids or covers rmly secured in position, and constructed and secured in such a mannerl as to admit of compact storage.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings--y Figure 1 is 'an external view of my invention.

'Figure-2, a vertical central section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several drawings.

A represents the body or main portion of the pail or package, which is constructed of wooden staves a, bound with metallic hoops l1, one being at the top and bottom, and the other at about the centre.

The inner surface of the upper part of thebody A is rebated, as shown atc, to form a shoulder for the lid. or cover B to rest upon; i

This lid or cover, when ittedpin the top ofthe body or main portion A, has-its upper surface iiush with the top of A, as shown in both figures.

C represents a cleat or hatten, which is secured either to the upper or under suiface of thc lid or cover, at right angles with the grainthereof.

In fig. 2, the cleat or batteri is shown attached to the under smface ofthe lid or cover, in tint or color; and it is shown attached to the upper surface, in red outline.

D is a rod, which may be of metal, or any suitable hard wood.

This rod serves as a fastening for the cover, and it passes through'holes in the side of the body, or main portion A, and entirely through the lid, or cover B, the upper hoop, l1, being perforated, to allow the rod D to pass through. (See iig. 2.)

The metal hoop b serves to..prote ct the holes in A and B, and prevent wear.

It is not absolutely essential that the rod D should pass through the metal hoop, but it would be preferable, for the reason above stated.

If the cleat C be attached to the under surface of the lid, or cover B, the upper surface of B being flush with A, the pails or packages may be compactly stowed away; but, if the cleat be attached to the upper surface of B, they cannot be so permanently secured in position, the

cleat C being in the way; but, in the latter case, theA cleat serves as a handle, to facilitate the adjustment and removal of the lid or cover.

I do not, therefore, confine myself to either modeof attaching the cleat, reserving the right to adopt either plan, as the trade may prefer, or as circumstances may require. l v

By having the lid, or cover B, tted and secured in the upper part of the body Aof the pail or package, a tight or snug fit is obtained, and one which precludes the casual loosening of the top or cover, however rudely the pails or packages maybe handled in th'eir transit or transportation from the farmer to the consumer.`

The invention also admits of the empty pails or packages being tted one within the other, in nests, inl

order to economize in the transportation of empty pails or packages. Y ,l This improvement does not involve any appreciable additional cost, in construction, above the ordinary pail or package, and its advantages will be suiiicient to insure its general adoption by farmers, and those engaged in the butter-trade.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pail, tub, iirkin, or package, for butter, having the l inner surface of its upper part rebated, to form a seat or chamber, to receive the lid, or cover B, ush, or

otherwise, with the top of the body, or main portion A,-

in connection with the rod D, of wood or metal, pass'- ing entirely through A, and the lid, or cover B, all ar'- rauged substantially in the manner as shown, and described.

' GEO. S. BATOHELLER. Witnesses: l

H. L. WATTENBERG, AfR. HAIGHT. 

